Oleh :
Sumardjo, Adi Firmansyah, Leonard Dharmawan

Tanggal Terbit : 9 Agustus 2021

Tjondronegoro’s  concept  of  sodality  is  gaining  momentum  to  be  applied  in  a  broader  context.  Sodality  is  relevant  to participatory  approaches  in  community  development,  extension/empowerment,  and  development communication.  This study aims to answer how the role of sodality is in the empowerment of peri-urban communities from communication and extension development sciences. This research method uses a participatory action study by placing the researcher to live with the community. Sodality can be interpreted as the life force of a unique community unit. However, without any family relationship, they are bound by a synergy of interest relations without eliminating the primary relationship. In the context of  empowerment,  the  bonds  in  sodality  are  colored  more  with  interest  in  achieving  life  necessities  among  community members. Thus, in peri-urban communities, sodality is closer to the meaning of social capital, which effectively strengthens the  community’s  effortsto live a  life together,  both  with internal and external  parties.  The  Tjondronegoro  version of  the concept of sodality in the current era is not only for the smallest community unit in the community territory, but it can be strengthened by the meaning of a synergy of interests in meeting the needs of a community.

Keywords : empowerment, peri-urban, sodality, social capital.

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